As the last day looms, the countdown sprints, the deadline ticks down, we enter the final dawn.
I used to find deadlines clarifying. Knowing that it’s now or never. Just one more push to the end. But as I’ve got older, I don’t feel them as forcefully. A part of me whispers “go to sleep, you’ll have more energy in the morning” and then in the morning “just a little bit more of a lie in” and then “I can work on this in the evening when everyone else is sleeping I’ll be able to concentrate properly” but evening rolls around and the loop starts up again. Then, before I know it several days, weeks, months have passed and not much has been done and the cost of missing a deadline wasn’t so great after all.
Hopefully though, you both are feeling the true force of it. Don’t listen to any whispering self-sabotage. The more you can do now, the better it will be. And then you can rest!